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h1. Phobias h2. Acrophobia [[Acrophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of high places. h2. Agoraphobia [[Agoraphobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of wide-open, crowded places. Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia. h2. Aquaphobia [[Aquaphobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of water. h2. Arachnophobia [[Arachnophobia]] Definition: An abnormal or pathological fear of spiders. h2. Astraphobia [[Astraphobia]] (aka brontophobia and keraunophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of thunder and/or lightning. h2. Blood phobia [[Blood phobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of seeing blood and/or bleeding. h2. Claustrophobia [[Claustrophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of confined places. h2. Coulrophobia [[Coulrophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of clowns. An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals. h2. Cynophobia [[Cynophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of dogs. h2. Dental fear [[Dental fear]] (aka dentophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of dentists and dental procedures. h2. Entomophobia [[Entomophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of insects. h2. Fear [[Fear of driving driving]] (aka driving phobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of driving. h2. Fear [[Fear of flying flying]] (aka aviophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of airplanes and flying. h2. Monophobia [[Monophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of being alone. h2. Mysophobia [[Mysophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of germs and contamination. h2. Needle phobia [[Needle phobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of needles and injections. h2. Nyctophobia [[Nyctophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of darkness. h2. Ophidiophobia [[Ophidiophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of snakes. h2. Pediophobia [[Pediophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of dolls. h2. Social phobia [[Social phobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of social situations. Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia. h2. Speech anxiety [[Speech anxiety]] (aka glossophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of public speaking or even of speaking in general. h2. Thanatophobia [[Thanatophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of death. h2. Trypophobia [[Trypophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of irregular patterns of small holes. An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals.